Welcome to the Kings Hammer Swan City August Newsletter! This edition features, KHSC Players Named to Florida ECNL RL All-Regional League, Aby Shannon Commits to Emmanuel University, GK Union Save of the Month, Meet the Coaches, and more! If you have a player, coach, or team to be highlighted in future newsletters, please send photos and stories to acorbett@kingshammer.com. Each newsletter will be posted on our website as well as our social pages.

Deliah Martinez Otero & Lillian Spurgin Named to Florida ECNL Girls RL All-Regional League

Congratulations to two of our players, Deliah Martinez Otero & Lillian Spurgin on being named to the Florida ECNL Girls RL All-Regional League. We’re proud of both of you for your hard work and dedication last season! Fantastic job!

Congrats Aby Shannon: Committed to Emmanuel University

Congratulations to our KHP1 Swan City G06/07 player Aby Shannon on Committing to Emmanuel University. We are very proud of you and excited to see you continue on to the next level!

GK Union Save of the Month & Save of the Year

Did you make an incredible save or a game-saving block? We want to see them!

Be sure to share throughout the season and you could be selected for our Kings Hammer Save of the Month! GK Save of the Month winners will be announced the Friday of the first full week of the following month. Each month goalkeepers from across the club have the opportunity to submit their best saves from their Kings Hammer matches on our GK Union facebook page. At the end of each month, our National Director of Goalkeeping, Lou Liberatore, will select 2 participants, one boy and one girl, as the Kings Hammer GK Union Save of the Month winners. 

Goalkeepers who want to participate need to:

• Upload their save videos with details like their name, team name, and location of the save.
• Join the Kings Hammer GK Union Facebook page.

September Meet the Coaches

Meet Coach Jake Molony (KHP1 SC G13)

Coach Jake is Lakeland native and former player for Lakeland Christian School where he earned player of the year in 2014.  He continued his soccer career at Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee for 4 years. Upon finishing college, he returned to Lakeland and has been coaching for 5 years now.  He is currently the Girls Head coach at George Jenkins High School and has been since 2021. This year as he coaches our U12 girls his goal is to make sure the girls are technical; fundamentals are his first priority.  

A little fun fact: As a kid, Jake was a ball boy for FSC players Eoghan (our General Manager) and Ryan Wolfe (our COE Director),  and Ryan even coached him during his youth days!

Meet Coach Jorge Ramirez (KHJR1 SC G16 & KHP1 SC G14)

Coach Jorge is originally from Venezuela and how resided in Florida for the last 15 years. He began playing soccer at a very young age after realizing baseball wasn’t the right sport for him. He started coaching soccer at the grassroots level 5 years ago and decided 2 years ago that he wanted to dedicate more time to coaching and take it to the next level. This will be his 2^nd season with KH Swan City and as he coaches our U9 and U11 girls he is looking forward to continuing to have the opportunity to help the girls fall in love with the game while they develop their skills on and off the field. He wants to ensure these players receive the best tools to set them up for success in the future.

Fall Recreation Opening Day is September 28th

Fall Recreation Opening Day is September 28th at Lake Parker Park. With over 1,000 players registered this Fall Season we are excited to see everyone out on the fields and to get our game day Saturdays started.

Center of Excellence Has Begun!

Center of Excellence began the week of September 9th. We are looking forward to working with our young players and helping them develop their skills. Click here to register now!

September Education: The ‘Laws’ of the Game

One of the leading causes of stress, confusion, anger, and angst during soccer games (youth through professional) is the misunderstanding, misapplication, and misconceptions around the rules of the game.

Here are five of the leading problem-causing culprits when it comes to “Laws” in soccer:

1. Offside (note – not offsides)

The “interpretation” of offside is worthy of an entire book, but a majority of the debate takes place around interpreting two components: the positioning of the offending player at the time the ball was played and if the alleged offending player was “actively involved” in the play.

Being “actively involved” generally refers to 3 possibilities; receiving the ball, engaging the defender as they receive the ball, or actively interfering with the goalkeeper’s ability to make a play on a shot ball.  The first is fairly obvious, the second two can be a little more subjective and open to interpretation by the official. If player in an offside position stops their run, then other players coming fro

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Kings Hammer Swan City Merchandise

The season is in full swing—now’s the perfect time to snag some Kings Hammer Swan City gear you’ll love! Browse and purchase your favorites at shop.KingsHammer.com.

Reminder: Photos for the 2024/2025 Season

With the 2024/2025 season underway, we would like to remind all families that KH Swan City will never charge for photos taken at the field. If anyone is requesting payment, they are not associated with us.